The torching of my daughter's car at her residence last night is shocking. It is deplorable that such incidents should occur during the period in the run up to a general elections. I am angry but I am also sad that the situation in the country has descended to this. My family and I are very disturbed over this incident as my grandson and son in law were at home when this happened. I thank God that no one was hurt and everyone is safe.

Democracy is about the contestation of ideas. The run up to an election should see issues being raised and ideas discussed in rationale manner. There is no place for violence and intimidation in the process.

I strongly condemn this type of action taken by certain groups of people, thinking that they can intimidate us and frighten the general public.

What has happened will not deter us in any way; rather we intend to work harder to bring, about change. I ask my supporters and friends to stay calm. , The actions of a few desperate people will not make us depart from doing the right thing and behaving in a proper and civilized manner. That is why i have been saying from the beginning that we must get away from the culture of gangsterism and "budaya samseng". This is the work of misguided youths for whom we are striving to bring about better conditions – to help make them a part of society and in the long run build a better Malaysia.

Since Nomination Day, I have been traveling the whole length of Peninsular Malaysia, and Sabah and Sarawak. Pakatan Rakyat is witnessing a new wave of groundswell of support that will unleash another tsunami. Even in the so-called UMNO fortress of Johor, we are seeing an unstoppable momentum building up. Last night in Segamat, over thirty thousand people came.

I have also been briefed by many Pakatan leaders and civil society leaders on what is happening on the ground. The intimidation and level of violence on Pakatan Rakyat party workers, Pemantau and civil society volunteers are increasing. Over 400 police reports have been lodged. Vote buying and bribery are rampant. BN is so worried that they will lose and are desperately bribing voters with gifts, cash and cash vouchers ranging from RM50 in Penang to RM1000 in Sabah. There is video evidence of this vote buying, and it will be released in the next few days.

In another report and analysis of the Electoral Roll which will be released very soon, there are some shocking revelations. 28,593 registered voters are designated as Indonesians, Filipinos, Pakistanis and Bangladeshis – nationalities from countries with high number of workers in Malaysia. Sabah alone has 15,907 of registered foreign voters, majority of whom are Filipinos and Indonesians. Selangor has the next highest number with 4,324 foreign voters.

The majority of these foreign voters will be voting in Sabah, Selangor and Kuala Lumpur. Parliamentary constituencies with highest number of foreign voters include Silam, Kibaran, Kelabakan, Sepanggar, Putatan and Tawau.

What is even more disturbing is that 16,589 of these foreign voters are assigned with the Sabah "Kod Negeri" even though they are from Indonesia or Philippines. There are even 42 foreign voters from Philippines, Indonesia and Pakistan in the Army and Police registered as "Pengundi Pos".

The Election Commission must clarify immediately the existence of these thousands of foreign voters in the Electoral Roll and why these voters are designated local "Kod Negeri" in their ICs.

I feel especially strongly for voters in Sabah who are being disenfranchised by the many foreign voters in their constituencies. No doubt this is the reason why the Royal Commission of Inquiry (RCI) on Illegal Immigrants in Sabah has been delayed until after the elections.

Sabahans and Malaysians in general are being cheated of their democratic choice. BN is still dragging its feet on how to fix the ‘Project IC’ problem it has created. For Pakatan Rakyat it is clear, we will order the Election Commission to clean up the electoral roll within our first 100 days in government.

I urge all legitimate voters to come out on 5th May and cast your votes. Do not let those who have corrupted our electoral system steal democracy from you. We must protect our rights as Malaysians.

PKR has questioned the sleight of hand behind a shipment of ballot boxes destined for the Election Commission’s (EC) headquarters in Putrajaya being allegedly diverted to a "secret" location.

“A vehicle carrying ballot boxes bound for the EC headquarters in Putrajaya was met by the commission’s Pajero (four wheeled drive) at the highway exit and was diverted to a secret address, the SC2 road at the Sg Chua Industrial Zone in Kajang,” PKR de-facto leader Anwar Ibrahim claimed at a press conference in Petaling Jaya today.

He alleged that at the secret location large polyester bags bearing the EC logo and believed to contain ballot boxes were then offloaded.

“This requires urgent explanation… Why was it done in such a dubious manner?” said Anwar (above).